Freak Snow Storm Hits Cockle Bay

Science Club members whipping up a storm.

Ben (aka Jack Frost) putting snow in place.

These young scientists know a bit about snow making!

Temperatures plummet during the freak snow storm.

If you would like to make snow at home, the link we used is:
http://www.learning4kids.net/2011/11/13/sensory-play-with-fluffy-christmas-snow/

Polar Bear Club week 6

Most students from Room 3 and Room 5 joined the Polar Bear Club on Friday.  The new solar panels mean the water in the swimming pool is warmer than other years.  After our swim, Polar Bear Cubs rated how they had found the water temperature and most people found it warm(ish) using a scale of 1 to 10.

Here is the chart showing how we rated water temperature.

May we play with clay today?

Chloe-Mae's clay fish

Bella's clay fish

First we had a Play Clay Day where we played and experimented with clay.  The next day we made a fish out of clay.  Now they must be left to dry out for three weeks before they are ready to be fired in the kiln.  The next stage will be to paint them in creative colours like the fish in the Go Fish Go book that motivated us in the first place.

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Weka Day Camp - cooking sausages over an open fire

You can see how the cooking circle got its name!

Adan and Ben did a magnificent job

Teagan, Celia and Cheyanne waited patiently for their sausage to brown.

Tastes especially good when you have cooked it yourself!

Wrist wrappers rock!

We sprayed the wrist wrappers gold and glued on tiny jewels.

We followed the instructions in School Journal 25 to make wrist wrappers.

The Super Dive

The Super Dive

When I went on the kayak I said, "This is wobbly, man."

Celia is diving and said, "I'm not scared."

Celia is snorkeling and said, "Up and down"

Celia is doing the marble run and said, "I will be first."
Written by Celia

Weka Team Assembly

The Weka Team is ready for the rest of the school to arrive.

We sang our team song.

Celia played her violin to the whole school.

Technology challenge

 

 

Mr Lomas tries out Jeffrey's catapult

Popstick catapults rule!

We visited Room 8 to see them raise flags using pulleys.

We used all sorts of materials, even chopsticks!

We checked out other designs during the Technology Challenge

Will the catapult power the pompoms over the river?

Foul Play - Whimsical Pictures of Birds

Ganujan and Jordan working on their art

We studied the art work of Jenny Foster and made a colourful, humourous bird in her style.

PPPs

The Nicol family at PPPs.

Written by Jackson

Music

Reading the book, "The Impossible Bridge"

Ethan, Kate, Ganujan and Adan built this bridge.

Kaleb, Hannah T and Karissa built this bridge.

Chloe-Mae, Celia and Nisha made changes to their bridge design.

The Tiger reading group read the book, The Impossible Bridge, and then they followed the instructions in the book to make their own bridges using materials from around the classroom.

Illustrating our published work

This is Celia's picture

We illustrated our descriptions of the Swimming Sports with art work using multi media: paint, pastel and collage.

The Polar Bear Club

Ben brought a waka he had made with his Grandad for a test run in the water.

At the end of the swimming season, some people joined the Polar Bear Club and swam at lunchtime.  The water was icy when  you first slipped in!